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“Once he reaches my ribs, he moves his hands to my arms, running them up to my shoulder. “I don’t know what you’re wearing,” he says. “But I like it.” “Custom-made,” I say. “And then stolen by you?” I shrug. “What are you doing?” “What does it look like I’m doing?” “You’re touching me.” “I’m trying to get my key back.” “Sounds like an excuse to touch me.” He smiles and leans forward so his mouth is at my ear. “I don’t see you stopping me.” “If I had, I wouldn’t be able to do this.” His eyes shoot up in alarm, but he doesn’t have enough time to guess what I’m about to do until I’ve already done it. Yes, I knee him. Right between the legs. He takes some time to recover. Enough for me to exit the cell and lock him in. He stares at me levelly. “That was low.”

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“I didn’t have a choice,” he says. “Of course you had a choice, Riden. You just had a hard one. And you chose the easy option, which was to do nothing.” “Easy? Do you think it was easy for me to watch you? Seeing you up there, knowing the pain you must be in, it … it made me feel—it would have hurt less if I had been the one hanging. I hated myself for what happened. And the only way I could punish myself was to force myself to watch you in pain. That was my punishment.”

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“Still, its width is small enough that I’m tempted to give Riden a slight push. As if sensing this, he says, “Don’t even think about it.” “I already did.” “I could have you shot.” “Your gun would have a hard time working once it’s wet.” “I didn’t say I had to be the one to shoot.” “But let’s face it, you’d like that pleasure for yourself.” He smiles.”

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